Be-spoked!

Be-spoked!

A bike ride and exhibition in Leicester city centre to showcase bikes that can meet your every need.

What was Be-spoked?

Be-spoked! took place on Saturday 19th September – around 40 people participated in our bike ride around Leicester city centre on a beautiful sunny day, and many more people popped into the Transition Leicester Cafe to check out our photo exhibition and information stalls.

The event linked in with car-free day, and put across the message that there’s usually a way to make most short trips by bike rather than by car – especially if you use things like bike trailers, electric bikes, folding bikes, child trailers or some of the many other pedal-powered ways of getting around that are out there.

During the ride, we demonstrated the load-carrying abilities of our bikes by delivering food and household goods for local asylum seekers to the Red Cross office on London Road.

Check here soon for a link to a video of the ride, and to see some of the photos we took.

The Leicester Mercury gave some very positive coverage of the event, with a story on Friday 18th September – you can read it here.

Our next steps are to find venues around the Leicester area where we can take our photo exhibition (of 6 A1 posters) on tour. Contact us if you’d like to offer it a home for some time (anything from a day to several weeks).